Pythagoras
[pyˈtaːɡoʁas]
The verdict
“Pythagoras” is uncommon German (frequency #50,812 among 3,409 “P” headwords), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #50,812
- frequency rank, German
- 3,409
- “P” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - männlicher Name, meist der griechische Philosoph Pythagoras von Samos
Corpus desk
Index DE-pythagoras · Pythagoras · German
Pythagoras · rank #50,812 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #50,812
- LEN-MEGA 10 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,409
- PHOTO-FINISH Pute
Nearest frequency peer: Pute (-1 rank slots)
Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.
Langschwanz-Ränge nahe „Pythagoras“
Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer
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Punktes
49,192 corpus weight
- Punktesystem
Punktesystem
49,191 corpus weight
- Pute
Pute
49,190 corpus weight
- Pythagoras
Pythagoras
49,189 corpus weight
- pöbeln
pöbeln
49,188 corpus weight
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49,187 corpus weight
What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „Pythagoras“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Pythagoras |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| IPA | [pyˈtaːɡoʁas] |
| Letters | 10 |
| Frequency rank | #50,812 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Pythagoras“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Pythagoras is uncommon German at frequency #50,812 among 3,409 “P” headwords, classed as aproper noun, transcribed [pyˈtaːɡoʁas]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "männlicher Name, meist der griechische Philosoph Pythagoras von Samos".
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for Pythagoras, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct German form is Pythagoras, spelled P-Y-T-H-A-G-O-R-A-S.
Definition
- 1männlicher Name, meist der griechische Philosoph Pythagoras von Samos
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Pythagoras appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
„In der Spätantike und im Mittelalter war die Überzeugung allgemein verbreitet, Pythagoras sei der Begründer der Mathematik gewesen.“
„Insbesondere Pythagoras hatte durch seine Schule in Kroton in Unteritalien einen großen Einfluss auf die weitere Entwicklung der griechischen Mathematik.“
This word in other languages
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 German corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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